“A mama bear known as ‘Brett’ gave her cubs a ride across the river in Alaska’s iconic Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The time lapse footage is the result of almost a decade of work monitoring the vulnerable predators' maternal behavior.

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You name it, and a black bear will ... a den cycle. Cubs will nurse and drink milk (and sows will actually eat the droppings of their newborn cubs), but that’s about it. Bears conserve their energy by ...

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we scored a little.” They all played baseball for legendary coach Frank Mariani. All are White Sox fans, except for Phil and the boys’ late father Tullio, known as “Big T,” fervent Cubs ...

Image by CTV News via YouTube The two adorable bear cubs are immediately drawn to the fountain – for the mama bear, the fountain is at most a water bowl, but for these little guys ... Close up of ...